There is a light on in the Magdalene Laundries

In the last 2 months, Tony and I have been making journeys to the Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne, the site of the old Magdalene Laundries. And every time we visit we see something that seems to be letting us know that we are not alone in our wish to bring acknowledgement to this site and the spirits of the women and children here. On one visit we discovered beautiful light sculptures inside the laundries themselves as part of an exhibition called Globelight. As we viewed them in silence I was aware of the powerful symbology here of the spiral, the spider-web and the wooden pyre crowned with a halo.